The purpose of imagery is to enhance writing by creating a physical response in the reader through showing details. The author would use this to immerse readers, evoke emotions, and show rather than tell.

The purpose of personification is to assign human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts, making descriptions more vivid, relatable, and emotionally engaging. The author uses this to make writing more vivid, relatable, and engaging.

The purpose of foreshadowing is to build suspense and tension which makes readers more engaged. The author would use this to engage the reader more.

The purpose of symbolism is to represent concepts such as love, death, or freedom using concrete objects. The author would use this to strengthen themes, and make abstract concepts easier to understand.

Used to reveal important backstory to explain events in the present. The author uses this to give context and keeps people engaged

Used to enhance imagery, create mental images, and to compare and contrast. The author uses this to help readers picture images and understanding

Used to critique or mock to highlight facts, add humor, and provoke change. The author used this to engage readers about a topic.

Used to increase realism, deepen character development by establishing cultural, social and educational backgrounds. Also helps visualizes themselves The author uses this to interest readers by helping them learn..

A single line of poetry or a piece composed in metrical rhythm.

Words that have the same end sounds (e.g., cat/hat).

The pattern of end rhymes (e.g., ABAB, AABB).

The beat or musical quality created by meter and sound devices.

Tells a story (has characters, setting, plot).

Expresses personal thoughts or emotions.

– Poetry without a regular rhyme or meter.

– A 14-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter.

– A 3-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

– The voice or persona talking in the poem (not necessarily the poet).

– Word choice; can affect tone and meaning.

– The arrangement of words and phrases.

– When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to the next without a pause.

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Question	Answer
Imagery	The purpose of imagery is to enhance writing by creating a physical response in the reader through showing details. The author would use this to immerse readers, evoke emotions, and show rather than tell.
Personification	The purpose of personification is to assign human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts, making descriptions more vivid, relatable, and emotionally engaging. The author uses this to make writing more vivid, relatable, and engaging.
Foreshadowing	The purpose of foreshadowing is to build suspense and tension which makes readers more engaged. The author would use this to engage the reader more.
Symbolism	The purpose of symbolism is to represent concepts such as love, death, or freedom using concrete objects. The author would use this to strengthen themes, and make abstract concepts easier to understand.
Flashback	Used to reveal important backstory to explain events in the present. The author uses this to give context and keeps people engaged
Simile/Metaphor	Used to enhance imagery, create mental images, and to compare and contrast. The author uses this to help readers picture images and understanding
Satire	Used to critique or mock to highlight facts, add humor, and provoke change. The author used this to engage readers about a topic.
Dialect	Used to increase realism, deepen character development by establishing cultural, social and educational backgrounds. Also helps visualizes themselves The author uses this to interest readers by helping them learn..
Verse	A single line of poetry or a piece composed in metrical rhythm.
Rhyme	Words that have the same end sounds (e.g., cat/hat).
Rhyme scheme	The pattern of end rhymes (e.g., ABAB, AABB).
Rhythm	The beat or musical quality created by meter and sound devices.
Narrative poem –	Tells a story (has characters, setting, plot).
Lyric poem –	Expresses personal thoughts or emotions.
Free verse	– Poetry without a regular rhyme or meter.
Sonnet	– A 14-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter.
Haiku	– A 3-line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
Speaker	– The voice or persona talking in the poem (not necessarily the poet).
Diction	– Word choice; can affect tone and meaning.
Syntax	– The arrangement of words and phrases.
Enjambment	– When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line to the next without a pause.

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